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creagh
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_ 		29. October 2006 @ 13:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ok i just got a file that need burning ya, and all the shops are closed cause its very late where i live now and tomorrows a bank holiday so im basically fucked.
Im just like wondering does any one know if i can convert my
_NEC DVD+RW ND-2100AD 106F
to a drive that can burn -R's.
i have a few of thoses -R's left form an old broken external drive.

in short can i convert it from DVD+R to DVD-R
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Ripper
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_ 		30. October 2006 @ 06:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
There is something you can do but it is rather advanced for someone that is not experienced in the area..

You can cross flash your 2100A to a 2500A, which supports DVD-R disks.

See this page for nifo and the tools to do it..
http://liggydee.cdfreaks.com/page/2500/

Get back to me with questions...
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creagh
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_ 		1. November 2006 @ 04:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ok i tried it and it loaded up that file i selected my drive then selected 2500a and it said it was converted. but basically nothing happened. it still cant read dvd-r's. do i have to upgrade the firm ware for it again to like finalise the conversion
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creagh
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_ 		1. November 2006 @ 04:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ok yeah it does have to be upgraded and i got the .bin file for the upgrade but havent a clue what to do cause the last time i upgraded the firm ware it wasnt in .bin format (it was like an offical dell firmware)
so what to i do with the .bin file
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Ripper
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_ 		1. November 2006 @ 05:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
OK so what you have to do, is use conversion tool, then flash with 2500A firmware after conversion....

With a bin file you have to flash it in DOS mode.

See this website for info
http://digi.rpc1.org/mtkflash.htm

Get back to me.
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creagh
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_ 		1. November 2006 @ 06:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ok i dont have a floppy drive. but i think i can get firmware that isnt in .bin format will that do? or will it like destroy my drive
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creagh
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_ 		1. November 2006 @ 06:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
and its like the oldest firmware available for the 2500, its 1.06 i got it from "the firmware page"
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_ 		1. November 2006 @ 06:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
No, use the firware in exe from here
http://support.necsam.com/oem/downloads/...dl/K250GNA0.exe

No latest is 1.0A
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creagh
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_ 		1. November 2006 @ 06:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ok now i have the firmware and know what im doin but the firmware exe cannot pick up the 2500. i did the converter thing again and tried to the firmware but i get a warning box "Target NEC ND-2500a is not found correctly"
any ideas?
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creagh
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_ 		1. November 2006 @ 06:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
maybe i could try the older firmware and then after the conversion is finished do the latest firmware
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_ 		1. November 2006 @ 06:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
That is why you have to DOS flash it

Use the link above about it.
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creagh
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_ 		1. November 2006 @ 07:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
so im fucked really cause i dont have a floppy drive. but thanks a load for helping me. i suppose ill just go to the shop and buy some +verbatiums, ill just give those discs to one of my friends. thanks again.
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_ 		1. November 2006 @ 07:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ok then, sorry, you might want to convert your drive back too. Dont know if it makes a difference if you havent flashed it with 2500A firmware but...i dunno.
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